Archive for October 6th, 2008
Amherst/Vermilion blotter: Oct. 7, 2008
Amherst police Friday, Sept. 26 4:55 p.m. – 200 block S. Main St., Jonathon A. Block charged with criminal damaging, tampering with coin machines and petty theft after employee of Amherst Party Shop reports a man tampering with a Pepsi machine to obtain money inside. Wednesday, Oct. 1 9:31 p.m. – Tractor Supply Co., 1971 [...]
Electrical power cuts power to Lorain hospital
LORAIN – Community Regional Medical Center on Kolbe Road went on emergency power shortly after 6 p.m. today but no patient care was expected to be affected, a hospital spokeswoman said. “All patient areas are fully operational on backup power,” said hospital spokeswoman Jennifer Kennedy. She said the back-up power kicked in automatically after an [...]
Bradley Leavitt audio interview
Bradley Leavitt, Republican 9th Congressional cadidate. (To hear the audio, click on the play button at the bottom left of the Flash Player above.)
Peter Sikora audio interview
Peter Sikora, Democratic Supreme Court cadidate. (To hear the audio, click on the play button at the bottom left of the Flash Player above.)
Lori Kokoski audio interview
Lori Kokoski, Democratic County Commissioner cadidate. (To hear the audio, click on the play button at the bottom left of the Flash Player above.)
Mike Crites audio interview
Mike Crites, Republican Attorney General cadidate. (To hear the audio, click on the play button at the bottom left of the Flash Player above.)
Ted Kalo audio interview
Ted Kalo, Democratic County Commissioner cadidate. (To hear the audio, click on the play button at the bottom left of the Flash Player above.)
Petrak: Five things the Browns need to fix
Nobody expected the Browns to reach their bye week at 4-0. Not with the Cowboys, Steelers and a trip to Baltimore on the schedule. But with the playoffs the expected destination, 3-1 seemed probable. Surely, 2-2 was the worst-case scenario. Instead, the Browns stumbled into the bye 1-3 after a shocking and humbling 0-3 start. [...]
Pavlovic hoping for big year with the Cavaliers
INDEPENDENCE — Sasha Pavlovic and Wally Szczerbiak are similar players with different approaches vying for the same position. One is likely to start at shooting guard for the Cavaliers, though there’s a chance Delonte West could steal the spot if one doesn’t step up. Pavlovic, who started as Cleveland reached the NBA Finals in 2007 [...]
Pryor’s legend growing as Ohio State improves to 3-0 under his lead
MADISON, Wis. — Terrelle Pryor kept a perfect record as a starter. Chris “Beanie” Wells kept things loose. That’s all Ohio State (5-1, 2-0 Big Ten) needed to stay at the top of the class in the conference with a 20-17 win over Wisconsin on Saturday night. The Buckeyes moved up to No. 12 in [...]
ALDS: Angels force Game 4 with 12-inning win over Red Sox
BOSTON — Francisco Rodriguez’s biggest save of a record-breaking season came in a tie game. Rodriguez wriggled out of a bases-loaded jam in the 10th inning, Mike Napoli hit two early homers before scoring the go-ahead run in the 12th and the Los Angeles Angels avoided another playoff sweep by beating the Boston Red Sox [...]
Candlelight vigil held for soldier killed in Iraq
AVON LAKE — The finality of death softened a bit in the glow of hundreds of candles that bathed the faces of those who gathered Sunday night at Bleser Park to honor Army Capt. Michael Medders Jr. The simple candlelight vigil began before sunset on a clear, crisp Sunday not far from Avon Lake High [...]
Weather draws crowds at Woollybear Festival
VERMILION — Sunday’s sun-drenched skies and crisp temperatures were made to order for the city’s biggest one-day party of the year — the Woollybear Festival. Even though you may have had to wait awhile to get into town to feed your face with all kinds of delectably unhealthy festival food, enjoy the sights or march [...]
Poll: Ohio swings toward Obama
COLUMBUS — A new poll shows Barack Obama with a seven-point lead over John McCain in Ohio, an eight point swing from a previous poll in August that showed McCain up by one point. The Columbus Dispatch reported Sunday that Obama leads 49 percent to 42 percent among likely voters in the important battleground state. [...]
NLDS: Phillies oust Brewers, face Dodgers in NLCS
MILWAUKEE — With plenty of power to go with their improved pitching, the Philadelphia Phillies are ready for anything in the NL Championship Series. Bring on the Los Angeles Dodgers. “I like our chances,” Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said Sunday after Philadelphia clinched its first trip to the NLCS since 1993 with a 6-2 victory [...]
Citizens wonder if bailout will help them
Relief on Wall Street over the hard-won passage of a $700 billion bailout package for the financial system apparently hasn’t yet trickled down to the pubs, storefronts, car lots and malls of Main Street. Many Americans spent an uneasy weekend wondering whether the rescue would help in time — or at all — and trying [...]
Staph infection linked to kids` flu deaths
CHICAGO — More children have died from flu because they also had staph infections, according to a new government report that urges parents to have their kids get the flu shot. The number of deaths wasn’t high — 73 during the 2006-07 flu season — but there was more than a fivefold increase in hard-to-treat [...]
Blotter: Oct. 6, 2008
Elyria police Saturday, Oct. 4 3:30 a.m. – 800 block Broad St., Christina M. Siembida, 22, Elyria, theft warrant. 3:25 a.m. – 1400 block West River Road, Montay L. Burks, 22, Elyria, charged with domestic violence. Lorain police Thursday, Oct. 2 5 p.m. – 2200 block Lorain Drive, someone tried to break into a home. [...]
Concrete work means Columbia Road detour starting this morning
WESTLAKE — Traffic will be detoured starting today for concrete work on Columbia Road from Hilliard Boulevard to Center Ridge Road. Traffic will be detoured to Canterbury Road from 7:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. in the northbound lane only. From 1 p.m. until the concrete pouring is finished, traffic will be restricted to the southbound [...]
ALDS: White Sox stave off elimination vs. Rays
CHICAGO — Thanks to John Danks and the White Sox, Chicago still has one team standing. Danks pitched another big game to save the season and well-traveled DeWayne Wise delivered a two-run double as the White Sox beat Tampa Bay 5-3 Sunday, trimming the Rays’ lead in their AL playoff series to 2-1. Game 4 [...]
High school volleyball sectional seeds, matchups released
Olmsted Falls, Elyria and Amherst earned the top three seeds in the Division I sectional volleyball tournament that begins next Monday at Midview High School. In the Division II tournament beginning next Monday at Keystone High School, the highest-seeded area teams were Brookside at No. 3 and the host Wildcats at No. 5. In Division [...]
Man wanted in assault, abduction of woman
ELYRIA — Police are seeking a man accused of holding his girlfriend against her will over a three-hour period early Saturday morning, repeatedly striking her and slamming her into the walls of her Washington Avenue apartment. The man faces charges of assault and abduction. According to police, the 19-year-old woman sustained injuries to her face, [...]
Jedrzejek clinches title at Lorain County Speedway
SOUTH AMHERST — With the Midwest Supermodified Association season championship all but wrapped up, Tim Jedrzejek came to Lorain County Speedway Saturday night just needing a decent finish in the night’s 30-lap feature to clinch the PPG Vibrance Supermodified point title. Easier said than done. A broken motor on the Independence driver’s Reed’s Salvage roadster [...]
Ballots got rejected because of worker errors
CLEVELAND — Roughly 20 percent of provisional ballots cast in the March primary election in Ohio were rejected by election officials, a newspaper review found. Many voters who cast provisional ballots lost their votes because of avoidable poll worker errors, including a failure to direct voters to the proper precinct and not instructing voters how [...]
Organizers expect big turnout for job fair
LORAIN — Organizers of the second Power of Work job fair at Goodwill Industries are bracing for hundreds of people in need of work. The job fair, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday at the agency’s 1600 Broadway offices, will be similar to the inaugural event held in the spring, which drew 503 job seekers. [...]